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It's April Fools' Day. What that means is that throughout this entire 24-hour period most of us will be tiptoeing around certain stories, hearsays, rumors and more, just in case we find ourselves the unfortunate victim of an April Fools' Day hoax or prank. And while we all pretend to love the day, the truth is that sometimes its just plain annoying... and mean. Luckily, HBO's Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is prepared to take the faux-holiday down a peg. Read More »
John Oliver embodies male beauty? The British comedian and star of HBO's Last Week Tonight - which returns for it second season on Sunday Feb. 8 at 11 p.m. - released a web exclusive last night (this week) detailing his attempts to audition for the 50 Shades of Grey movie, and slamming actor Jamie Dornan. The idea? To apologize to Dornan - who stars as EL James's Christian Grey in the upcoming 2015 movie - for starting the 'Not My Christian' hashtag. Oliver - who also starred in Community - also slammed 50 Shades of Grey fans, saying they're all "suburban mothers of three who have somehow never had sex before." Read More »
Watch John Oliver compare New Year's Eve to the death of a family pet and explain how to be in bed by 11.45 having watched all five 'Die Hard' movies. Read More »
With Halloween quickly approaching this coming Friday, it appears safe to say that we’re all gearing up by purchasing large quantities of candy that we’ll plan to dole out to the many trick-or-treaters that come our way… or, of course, just eat them alone on our couches. And while everyone knows the damage too much sugar can do on your, it seems that during this holiday we just … don’t care. Well, thanks to John Oliver and this newest video from Last Week Tonight, that may change -- after a brief take down of Playboy’s “Sexy John Oliver” and “Sexy Louis CK” costumes, of course. Read More »
With the fall season upon us, it seems that everyone goes gaga over the flavor of pumpkin – pumpkin, cookies, pumpkin pie and, of course, pumpkin spice lattes! But apparently not everyone is thrilled with the craze. Former Daily Show correspondent turned HBO Last Week Tonight host John Oliver delivered a hilarious segment during last night’s episode (Sunday, Oct. 12), slamming the hell out of everyone’s favorite fall-time drink: the pumpkin spice latte. Read More »
The annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit occurs this coming Nov 5, and this year’s event is gearing up for a lengthy list of A-list talent, including Louis C.K., Bruce Springsteen, John Mulaney, John Oliver and Brian Williams, to name just some. Read More »
Earlier this year, it was announced that John Oliver would be leaving Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for his own hosting gig over at HBO. This week's concluding episode of the satirical news show marked Oliver's final appearance and Stewart made sure to send him off right. Read More »
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson recently wrote a memoir entitled Mo' Meta Blues and he went onto "The Daily Show with John Stewart" last night as part of promoting the book. Host John Oliver (filling in for Stewart as he directs a film) sat down with the drummer of The Roots to talk about the book and specific parts that stood out. Oliver mentions that Mo'Meta Blues features a story involving roller-skating with musician Prince and has a ton of funny footnotes from manager Richard Nichols. But the main point that Oliver wanted to have Questlove elaborate on is how an episode of "The Cosby Show" might have been the most influential moment in the history of Hip-Hop. Read More »
